Official line
Use Chrome bookmarks instead.
Google · Productivity · Feature
Google Bookmarks
Discontinued
Feature
2005–2021 · 16 years in market
Launched
Jan 1, 2005
Discontinued
Sep 30, 2021
Cause of death
Replaced by successor
Evidence
Unsourced
What was it?
A standalone bookmark manager from 2005, redundant once Chrome sync existed.
Why it died
Editorial reading
A forgotten silo that outlived its org chart.
Founder takeaway
Redundant silos accrue until someone notices the URL still 200s. Audit the long tail.
Sources
Unsourced — editorial reading
No primary source is attached yet. Treat the interpretation as editorial, not a citation.
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